July 2015 – Down To Earth Garden Club

There is a lot of sound advice available for planting pots window boxes and hanging baskets but some of it is only learned by trial and error. Preparing the pot is important. Preparing it to suit its location and your life style is even more important. Of course you want a planter that had adequate […]

The Peanut… Arachis hypogaea

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At the Girl Scout program one of the young ladies shared the information that a banana was a berry and a strawberry was not. Then Nancy asked the fatal question, “What is a peanut”. That is an interesting question for a peanut is not a nut and it has one of the weirdest growth […]

Angelonia

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While the Penn State trials are slow to be put on line, information on one annual evaluated in the 2014 trials found its way into an article out of University Park. The point of the article was that all new plants aren’t necessarily the best of the species. Frequently, the older plants in the trials […]

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Most gardeners put in some annuals every year. Many of us use them in borders, either by themselves or in combination with perennials, to lengthen the flowering season and to add all season color to perennial borders. They go into baskets, large pots and window boxes. Most of the time we buy what is on […]

Down To Earth Garden Club

Month: July 2015

Planting Pots and Baskets

The Peanut… Arachis hypogaea

Angelonia

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